“The tension in the Western Balkans will persist for a long time”
An interview with Mladen Ivanic, the vice president of the federal parliament in Bosnia-Herzegovina
“Healthy” the Bosnian Way
If you’re a health freak, Sarajevo might not be on the list of places where you want to end up longer than for holidays. Especially in the beginning, the shock might be immense and frustration deep. However, there are ways how to get around living a healthy life… Even in the Balkans.
Sarajevo Saviors
SARAJEVO | When Jovan Divjak walks along Sarajevo’s main street, Ferhadija, everyone recognizes him. To passers-by, this smartly dressed man in a white shirt is like a magnet. Everyone wants to be photographed with him, shake his hand, get his autograph. Yet Divjak is neither an artist nor a politician. He is an army general. [...]
Bosnia’s Armies of God
They are everywhere. Often lavishly built and ridiculously tall, some look like architectural pranks. Sometimes they are built on former school or kindergarten grounds or in the front yards of houses whose owners have been chased off. Often they glitter in their unseemlyopulence right in the middle of a neighborhood that has obviously seen better days. Very [...]
No Bosnians in Bosnia
I met a woman once who had survived the concentration camps. I was in awe of her. She was old and frail, but feisty. It was hard for me to imagine such atrocities, just as it is hard for me to imagine what it was like living in Belgrade during the NATO bombings or in [...]
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